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About the role

  • Chief of Staff orchestrating planning, budgets, and cross-functional delivery for Cohere’s enterprise AI organization. Supporting the Chief AI Officer across research, product, security, and operations.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Chief AI Officer and keep Cohere's AI organization operating at full speed
  • Bridge research, modelling, product, delivery, security, sales, and operations teams
  • Own annual and quarterly planning, goal-setting, and weekly and monthly business reviews
  • Drive budget and headcount planning and adjust plans as priorities shift
  • Coordinate major programs across research, modelling, product, delivery, and security
  • Clarify decision ownership and help teams navigate trade-offs
  • Lead cross-functional planning with product, engineering, security, and finance
  • Ensure organizational commitments are realistic and dependencies are visible
  • Lead special projects such as reorganizations, partnerships, flagship research events, and organization-wide planning weeks
  • Manage the operating rhythm of the organization, including meetings, priorities, plans, and resulting decisions

Requirements

  • 12+ years of operating experience
  • Experience inside an AI/ML organization in a Chief of Staff, business operations, or senior program-operations role
  • Experience partnering with teams shipping quickly to high-stakes organizations
  • Understanding of how AI works, including how models become products, data requirements for research and engineering, and common delivery breakdowns
  • Familiarity with model performance metrics, data pipeline throughput, and budget-to-impact analysis
  • Ability to hold strategy and execution together
  • Track record of bringing order to a fast, complex organization
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to influence teams and individuals and represent the Chief AI Officer in high-stakes conversations

Benefits

  • Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in local currency
  • Full health and dental benefits, including a separate mental health budget
  • RRSP matching, 401K, and Pension Scheme
  • 100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent
  • Annual enrichment benefits for arts and culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and workspace improvement
  • Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching
  • 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
  • Budget for traveling to other offices if remote
  • Annual company offsite
  • Daily lunch program, snacks, and community and social events for office-based employees
  • Co-working benefit for employees not near an office
  • $500 home office stipend

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$335,000 - CA$410,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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